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Eurostar to reopen tunnel link after fire alert

Paris, May 15, 2010

Eurostar said it had reopened one of the Channel Tunnel's two tunnels after a fire alert briefly closed the undersea rail link between Britain and France early on Saturday.

'We have been authorised to reopen the tunnel,' a spokeswoman for Eurostar told Reuters. She said the northern tunnel had been reopened but the south tunnel, where the fire alert was reported, was still closed and was being investigated.

The spokeswoman said the link had been closed as a precaution after smoke had been seen in the southern tunnel following the passage of a train.-Reuters